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The top priority of Middle East Airlines (MEA) is to keep open a lifeline for Lebanon during the current conflict, according to the airline’s chairman.

Several airlines have canceled flights to and from the Lebanese capital Beirut, amid rising tensions between Israel and the Lebanon-based Hezbollah militia.

The new Armenian flag-carrier will initially serve three destinations when flights start on July 3.

Beirut, Copenhagen and Helsinki are among the destinations receiving new routes to Turkey this summer.

The codeshare pact targets US passengers transferring in London to fly to Beirut.

Routes rounds-up the latest new route announcements, as well as services returning to carriers' networks.

Routes rounds-up the latest new route announcements, as well as services returning to carrier’s networks.

Three Airbus A320s will be stationed at Berlin Brandenburg from April, while in May the Lufthansa-owned carrier intends to begin flying between the UK and Mallorca.

Condor is set to become the second airline to serve the market nonstop.

Twenty-three new routes are planned for the summer season, including flights from Antalya to Beirut, Ljubljana and Tel Aviv.

Sundair has restored a link between the capitals of Sweden and Lebanon.

Eurowings is taking over a route left without service following the closure of SunExpress Deutschland.

Gulf carrier aims to “gradually” resume services with the goal of operating 45% of its pre-COVID capacity by August.

Charting the resurgence of air transport in markets around the word, Routes looks at the easing of travel restrictions in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

This week: Ryanair is to launch its first-ever flights to Lebanon; Iberia is to resume service to Egypt; and Hawaiian Airlines returns to Fukuoka.

The carrier was officially founded on May 31, 1945 and launched its first services from Beirut to the neighbouring cities of Syria, Cyprus, Egypt then Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and other destinations in the Gulf from January 1, 1946.

Etihad Airways' MoU with Philippine Airlines is an important milestone in the long-standing relationship between the two flag carriers as well as ties between Abu Dhabi and the Philippines. More than 700,000 Filipinos live in the UAE and account for much of the traffic on the Abu Dhabi - Manila route each year, one of the busiest routes in the entire Etihad network.

Air Serbia is to expand its international operations by a fifth in 2014 with the addition of six new destinations to its network. The carrier, formed

In the space of just a four week period Qatar Airways Cargo is to expand its global freight network by four destinations as well as increasing